The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-22
THE CITY. CREMATORY.|
THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Receives a Favorable Report from those
Present nj the Final Test Yesterday.
Everything IL Nil Satisfactory but
tho i.0Cnti0n ct the Furnaces,

The Council Committee on Health met
at the Public Building last evening, hay.
Ing been called for tho purpose Of hearing
the report Of the final test made OF the
9 garbage and night soil crematory,
which was made yesterday morning, and
proved very Satisfactory.
In addition TO the members Of the com.
mittee present, there were Health Officer
Reed, e1.IIealth Officer Garrison, Mr.. NJ.
V. Smith, of Pittsburgh, the patentee and
builder Of the crematory furnaces, and
Superintendent serig. The cremasory
was reported to have worked all right and
to be satisfactory In every particular, ex.
cept that Of location.
The committee adopted resolutions Tor.
mally accepting tho %crematory from Mr..
Smith, and authorizing the payment 10
that gentleman Of $l,Oi0 SO, the balance
due him. Theae will bs presented to
Council at It's meeting this evening for
approval. Tho committee alBo passed an.
other resolution again strongly urging
Council to authorize q change Of location
before the iron shed Ia erected over the
furnace md its removal thus made a mat.
ter Of great expense.
MIR. smith thanked the committee for
the many kindnesses he had received at
their hands, aud took occasion to compli.
ment MIR. serig highly on tho good judg.
ment he has already shown in managing
tho furnace. Mr.. Smith said that while
he had lost money on his contract here
by reason OF long delays and numeroue
vexationa, t heE was = perfectly ,satistied
with the results. It had been demon.
strated that his furnace would do oil that
was claimed for It and the success met
with here meant the erection by him dur.
ing the next year Of about forty OF these
crematorics ia as many different cities in
the country. He urged strongly the re.
movRl OF the crematory to some more
eligible ~iocation-oue that can be reached
without climbing a mountain.
The iiual test which was made at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning. Was witnessed
by several interested who brayed tho
mud and general inclemency Of the
weather and climbed UP the hill. Mr.,
Smith was there, and also tho following
named Pittsburgh gentlemen: Messrs,
Il. 7. Mccullough, J. q. Dunn,
]. J. Greene, J.. Thomas, Ii,
Jones and Crosby Gray, who are
Interested In Mr. Smiths project,
Dr.. Reed was also there and Councilmen
Terrell. Butts, ulsich and others. DR..
Reed had on hand .his.y.Gye barrels oil
liquid night soil. Tho furnace had been
tired up the night before and WIS., in
splendid condition. Only one OF the tar.
nRces was used in yesterdays test seven.
teen barrels. something over four tons,
were dumped in first. 1t covered the floor
tothe depth OF about seventeen inches, and
in three quarters Of III hour there was
only about three inches Of ashes left as
residuum, the balance havingeyaporated or
turned to gas and been destroyedbyth the in.
tense heat. There Wac no odor except
that made by the small quantity Of the
contents that fell about the openings in
being dumped in. This Was due to the
imperfec. ARRANGEMENTS for dumping, d dif-
dculty that will be obviated HI soon ps
the iron shed aud the approaches srs
completed.